Some guy from All Aboard Ohio wrote this op-ed that appeared in the Cincinnati Enquirer this morning......
Train foes have roads agenda
By Ken Prendergast • October 15, 2010
Once again, the Buckeye Institute reveals its love for the free market so long as its beloved highway monopoly is immune from liability while being lavished with billions annually in taxpayer subsidies.
The latest example is "Let's throw the brakes on proposed 3C train" (Oct. 10) by Mary McCleary, policy analyst at the Buckeye Institute. It likes to raise awareness of small subsidies for rail while ignoring far larger subsidies for roads and highways. Why would a so-called "free market think tank" slam a proposed increase from zero dollars to $1.50 per Ohioan in annual subsidies for rail in Ohio while ignoring $110 per Ohioan in yearly taxpayer subsidies for highways?
Follow the money. Buckeye gets funding from foundations that made their money from oil, asphalt and other petroleum-based products, according to the independent watchdog group Media Transparency.
READ MORE AT:
http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20101015/EDIT02/10160333/1019/EDIT/Train+foes+have+roads+agenda
Train foes have roads agenda
By Ken Prendergast • October 15, 2010
Once again, the Buckeye Institute reveals its love for the free market so long as its beloved highway monopoly is immune from liability while being lavished with billions annually in taxpayer subsidies.
The latest example is "Let's throw the brakes on proposed 3C train" (Oct. 10) by Mary McCleary, policy analyst at the Buckeye Institute. It likes to raise awareness of small subsidies for rail while ignoring far larger subsidies for roads and highways. Why would a so-called "free market think tank" slam a proposed increase from zero dollars to $1.50 per Ohioan in annual subsidies for rail in Ohio while ignoring $110 per Ohioan in yearly taxpayer subsidies for highways?
Follow the money. Buckeye gets funding from foundations that made their money from oil, asphalt and other petroleum-based products, according to the independent watchdog group Media Transparency.
READ MORE AT:
http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20101015/EDIT02/10160333/1019/EDIT/Train+foes+have+roads+agenda
Ken Prendergast
Executive Director
All Aboard Ohio
12029 Clifton Blvd., Suite 505
Cleveland, OH 44107
(216) 288-4883
kenprendergast@allaboardohio.org
www.allaboardohio.org
Executive Director
All Aboard Ohio
12029 Clifton Blvd., Suite 505
Cleveland, OH 44107
(216) 288-4883
kenprendergast@allaboardohio.org
www.allaboardohio.org
